#DEDD7B#DEDD7B

#DEDD7B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.121 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD7B
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 123)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 44.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.34, -13.27, 47.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.34, 49.79, 105.46°)
OKLab	oklab(87.76% -0.0377 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(87.76% 0.121 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.5570, 68.6739, 28.8531)
Luminance	0.6867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD7B #7B7CDE

analogous

#DEAB7B #DEDD7B #ADDE7B

triadic

#DEDD7B #7BDEDD #DD7BDE

tetradic

#DEDD7B #7BDEAB #7B7CDE #DE7BAD

square

#DEDD7B #7BDEAB #7B7CDE #DE7BAD

split-complementary

#DEDD7B #7BADDE #AB7BDE

monochromatic

#B2B12D #D2D04A #DEDD7B #EAEAAC #F6F6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDD7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#DEDD7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD7B

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD7B	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDA80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.121 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae7a3',
    500: '#dedd7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd7b;
$custom-light: #eae7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.394,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87764,
    "c": 0.12103,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD7B

secondary

#494BB4

accent

#20C81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD7B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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